Logging

Photo of the 3-spot steam engine that was used in transport operations at Mayo Lumber Company. The engine is standing on the railway tracks on a siding beside the mill. The 3-spot engine is in complete condition with a spark arrestor installed in it.

Photo of a man standing on a stack of logs while logging in Duncan, B.C. Another man can be seen standing on the ground in front of the logs.

Composite photo displaying two different scenes at the Mayo Lumber Company at Paldi, B.C.

Photo of Mayo Lumber Mill looking north towards the Hill 60. Photo also depicts the mill pond, boiler shack, and the log deck.

Photo of the log dump at the mill pond situated besides the Mayo Lumber Mill at Paldi, B.C. The logs were dumped from the steam cars into the mill pond and were later fed to the mill.

Photo of two Sikh men on the timber deck at Mayo Lumber Mill in Paldi, B.C. The photo was taken around 1941-1942. It depicts two Sikh men standing on the timber deck using their tools to handle the timber.

Photo of Perry Ross and his North West gas shovel pulling fuel to a new location on skids in September 1936. The shovel scoop had a capacity of one cubic yard and usually consumed one 45-gallon drum of gas in an eight hour shift.

Photo of a heavy-duty equipment at Mayo Lumber Mill, Paldi, B.C.

Photo of Cossy Asanda operating a steam donkey on Hill 60. The winch shown in the picture pulls the logs by cable to the loading area for transfer to railway cars.

Photo of a wood burner locomotive deployed at the Mayo Lumber Company for the logging operations. Some small pieces of wood are loaded in the back of the wood burning engine to be used as fuel.

Photo of a load of logs being transported through the steam engines and cars. The photo is captured on the road from Cowichan Lake to Duncan, while the load is on the move.

Photo of the first logging train loaded with logs on the back car having a 3-spot steam engine.

Photo of four men and a woman standing on the platform of the front part of a steam engine.

Photo of an unidentified man standing on the steam locomotive deployed by Mayo Lumber Company.

Photo of a donkey engine in Paldi, B.C.

Photo of a steam engine transporting a steam donkey.

Photo of a steam engine transporting logs and heavy duty equipment loaded on the steam cars.

Photo of a steam engine that was deployed by Mayo Lumber Company for logging operations.

Photo of a flat car being loaded with a stack of logs for transportation.

Photo of a steam car standing on a railway track, loaded with a stack of logs.